Roberts Radio ColourStream manual Audio codecs, Bit-Rates

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Audio codecs

Your radio supports a range of audio codecs which provide compatibility with a wide range of Internet Radio stations. These also allow users to stream music from their computers or to play directly from USB ﬂ ash memory devices.

Note that for any given audio codec, there are many streaming protocols available, and thus even if an Internet Radio station uses a supported format, this does not guarantee that every such station will work with your radio. The radio stations database to which your radio connects is checked for compatibility so that most stations should be playable without problems. Similarly when streaming media from a computer, while a codec may be supported, there can be many subtle variations in formats, tagging schemes and protocols (even within UPnP). In general your radio will play the supported formats with most common UPnP servers.

Bit-Rates

The following table summarises the maximum supported bit-rates for the various audio formats that are playable on your radio. Higher rates may be playable in some cases but performance of the product may be affected.

Codec	Maximum supported rate
AAC (LC)	320 kbits/sec
FLAC (1)	1.5 Mbits/sec
LPCM (2)	1.536 Mbits/sec
MP3	320 kbits/sec
Real Audio	64 kbits/sec
WAV	1.536 Mbits/sec
WMA (3)	320 kbits/sec

All codecs support 2-channel (stereo) coded ﬁ les only.

All codecs support sample rates up to 48 kbits/sec (includes 32 and 44.1 kbits/sec).

Files which have Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection applied will not be playable on your radio.

(1)16 and 24 bit samples are supported in FLAC ﬁ les

(2)The maximum supported bit-rate is for a 48 kHz sampling, 2 channels and 16-bits per sample.

(3)WMA Lossless, WMA Voice, WMA 10 Professional, and ﬁ les which have DRM protection are not supported.

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Contents Enjoy Listening Contents ColourStream Internet Radio features IntroductionPage Before you can use this product Controls and connections Front view Rear viewControls and connections Remote control handset Remote control battery replacement Using the touch screen Navigation controls on the touch screen1402 Navigation using the remote control Text entry screens AbcConnecting your internet radio to your computer network ConﬁgurationConnecting to your computer network Setup wizard completed Jones 0900 Changing the network connection Conﬁguring the radio to use an alternative WiFi connectionConﬁguring the radio to use the wired Ethernet connection Manual network conﬁguration 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ! @ # $ % & . * + = ‘WPA WPA2 Tkip AES Internet Radio the basics If your radio cannot connect to a radio stationInternet Radio Internet RadioSelecting a radio station by location Touch the Internet Radio menu bar onceSelecting a radio station by genre Searching for a radio station by nameSelecting a New or Popular station Last ListenedSelecting a podcast / BBC Listen Again Touch Browse station list, then select PodcastsCustomising your radio Registering an accountCustomising your radio Conﬁguring My Favourite Stations Conﬁguring My Added StationsTo add favourite stations Selecting your favourite stationsRemoving a favourite station Touch Browse station list and then select My FavouritesSelecting your added stations Display informationInvisible Limits Music Player Use with Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, USB memoryAccessing your audio ﬁles via a UPnP server Set up UPnP access with Windows Media PlayerSet up UPnP access on a Windows PC Allowing a device to connect to Windows Media PlayerLocating and playing media ﬁles using UPnP Media selection Listening to a complete albumListening to a particular track Controlling playbackControlling playback Repeat tracks Shufﬂe tracksDisplay mode Using USB memory devices Playing ﬁles from USB memory devices Select Add to My Playlist then follow above procedure PlaylistsAdding a single track to your playlist Adding an entire album or folderErasing a track from the Playlist Delete from My Playlist then follow above procedureViewing My playlist Clearing the Playlist Playing your playlistScrobbling On / Off control Play similar artists in Last.fmScrobbling and Love / Ban features Last.fmLast.fm the basics User accountsLast.fm Setup a Last.fm user account ABcDSetup new account Selecting an accountListening to Last.fm Love it Search by Artist or Tag Select Create Artist Radio or Create Tag RadioYour Recent Stations / History Deleting details of a Last.fm account IPod docking IPod docking IPodNavigating your iPod Search function Playing a ﬁle on your iPodRepeat ShufﬂeDAB Radio DAB RadioUsing the DAB mode for the ﬁrst time DAB Scanning in progressSecondary services Selecting a DAB radio stationDisplay information DAB Finding new DAB radio stationsManual Tuning My Favourites DAB Edit Favourite stations DABDynamic Range Control settings Prune invalid stations87.50MHz FM Radio Auto tuning FMManual tuning FM My Favourites FM Edit Favourite stations FMScan setting FM Stereo / Mono switching FMTouch Time settings Automatically updating the clockManually setting the clock Clock and AlarmsSetting the clock format Manually setting the date Setting the time zoneSetting Daylight Savings From the Time Settings menu, touch Time ZoneTime Setting the alarm clockAlarm 1 or Alarm When the alarm sounds Editing alarms when in standbySnooze timer To set the snooze timeSleep timer Idle time out Display and Audio Equaliser functionSetting up your Custom EQ proﬁle Display and AudioBrightness control Display backlightStandby backlight off Headphone socket Auxiliary input socket Auxiliary inputFactory reset Select Miscellaneous settingsSoftware update InformationSelect Network Settings Network proﬁlesAudio FAQ Software version displayTroubleshooting 002261xxxxxxMusic Player / UPnP problems Set up UPnP access on a Windows PC Jenny Jenny’s music Homepc Mums music Rescan My Music Audio codecs Bit-RatesDemonstration mode Circuit features SpeciﬁcationsMains supply FusePage Information Software license information Guarantee Roberts Radio Technical Services